Do u think it should be illegal to smoke in public?

Question

Do u think it should be illegal 2 smoke in public? well, it spreads 2nd hand smoke and that increases the chance 4 more people to get lung disease or any other lung disorder.

Answer 1

Yes I do, I think smoking should be banned in public places such as restaurants, bars, clubs...etc...because as we know second hand smoke is worst than first hand smoke, this means people who are around the smoker have more probability to get lung cancer and other smoke related diseases.

Smoking is already banned in all public places in Washington state and if you want to smoke a cigarette, you need to be 25 feet away from a door or window.

I love Washington :)

Answer 2

It is illegal to smoke in public.

Some non-smokers are able to stay in a room with smokers for quite some time and notice little or no effects. For others, however, just a few minutes or an hour of exposure can make them feel quite ill. Persons with asthma can experience attacks brought on by smoking, and by passive smoking whether they are adults or children

Tobacco smoke is an allergen, and allergy sufferers can experience stuffy, runny noses, watery eyes, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, and all the other typical allergy symptoms within minutes of exposure. Some people with no known allergies and without asthma may cough in smoke-filled rooms, get headaches, feel nauseous, feel sleepy, and experience other ill effects. Many former smokers, and those who are trying to quit do not like to be around smoke as it can cause them to have cravings. Some people simply do not like the odor, which clings to hair and clothing.

Many of these short-term effects terminate after the exposure ends. Repeated exposure, however, is believed to cause more serious long-term effects.

Passive smoking (also known as involuntary smoking, secondhand smoking, or Environmental Tobacco Smoke) occurs when the ambient smoke from (a) one person's burning tobacco product or (b) the smoker's exhalation is inhaled by others. There is controversy surrounding the health risks of long term exposure to second hand smoke, but the most recent studies confirm the health risks. Passive smoking is one of the key issues leading to smoking bans in workplaces, smoke-free restaurants, and public places.

Answer 3

YES. In Scotland (where I live) it is illegal to smoke indoors in a public place (like a bar, cinema, restaurant), so everyone stands outside the door to these places, and when you walk by you get a lungful of smoke.

Test have proved that inhaling others smoke can kill.

Finally, if the drug tobacco was 'found' for the first time today, it would be classed as a drug more damaging than Heroin.

Scary eh - Ban smoking!

Answer 4

I don't think it's fair to ban smoking in open public spaces, like on the sidewalk or in a park, but I definitely think it should be illegal to smoke in confined public spaces, like restaurants. I think one space that could still sort of be open for debate would be something like a sports stadium. I've been to football games where the people next to me were smoking and it made the experience a whole lot less pleasant, and I didn't really have the option of moving to get away from the smoke.

Answer 5

In government public places....yes. However, in bars it should be different. Let it be shown in the window and on the door if the bar is a "smoking" or "nonsmoking bar"., then people can make their own decision. I don't like smoking....I also don't like government intruding in private businesses even if that business serves the public. If there is notification on the establishment door regarding smoking status...this should be enough to allow the public to make it's own decision. Any business that uses federal or state funds is automatically..."no smoking".

I would like to add something about air pollution. In the last few years both federal and state regulations have allowed to become "relaxed" regarding the waste materials in the air, in our water in in our ground. As much as our politicians and the American people are shouting for more regulations put on "smokers", I am wondering why Americans are not yelling as loud about the relaxed regulations on pollutions from businesses. Don't kid yourselves.....these pollutions are just as destructive as second hand smoke....in some cases worse. If we were really concerned about our health and the health of our loved ones....we would be screaming the need to our politicians to keep strict regulations in place for businesses & their pollutions. Some how, because of the "costs" of keeping our air clean, we find higher moral ground letting businesses pollute our air as we force new regulations on smokers.....for health reasons...this does NOT make sense.

Answer 6

Yes. I have lived in states where it was illegal and others were it was legal everywhere. It was so much nicer and cleaner in the non-smoking states. I have gotten to where I actually consider the smoking laws before accepting a job offer or making a move anywhere. I want to be healthy and I don't think anyone else has the right to take that choice away from me. I won't even visit any type of resturaunt in North Carolina. You can't go anywhere without sucking up cancer in that state.

Answer 7

Second hand smoke is a lie of the devil. I was born to parents who smoked there friends smoked and I smoked since fourteen which so far is 32 years Now add my 32 to all the bad second hand smoke I aquired since infancy That 46 years and I'm sure I must have died a good ten years ago. Now should a 30 year old aquire my second hand smoke he should be able to endure atleast as long as i have which would make him 76 before he dies which I think is around the average lifespan. Give me a break every food or drink including tap water can kill you nervous nelly's. you might as well enjoy your life because one thing is certain you are going to die, and your just as dead if you die jogging as you are if you die smoking.

Answer 8

As a Registered Nurse for the past 34 yers, I have seen a lot of people ruin their health with smoking, leading to Lung Cancer, Emphysema, various other resipratory diseases, not to mention the effect it has on people around them (second-hand smoke). If I had it my way, SMOKING WOULD BE BANNED ON THIS PLANET.

Answer 9

that's why there are designated areas, usually outside next to the traffic and car exhaust. If you are standing there, chances are that the exhaust will kill you first.
By the way, all of you that are saying yes, ban it, live in areas where there is emission testing? You all drive Hybrid cars? No SUVs ? Never take buses or planes? Read up on that air pollution. You won't be thinking nearly as hard about a bit of cigarette smoke.

Answer 10

I don't smoke and hate it. Having said that I must say that as long as your outside what right do we have to say if someone can kill themselves that way in public. As far as second hand smoke,the other person does not have to be there and if you look at the studies of second hand smoke they are all done in doors and with many smokers.